The MiLW Blog

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s petition for an en banc panel to hear a March 21 decision that overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

A Detroit federal judge has ordered the government to turn over mug shots of criminal defendants to a newspaper, saying that 6th Circuit decisions must be followed, even if the U.S. Justice Department has won similar cases elsewhere in the country.